After the Stichera are completed, the Deacon (or Priest in the absence of a
Deacon) says:
Save, O God, Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance; visit Thy
world with mercy and compassions; exalt the horn of Orthodox Christians,
and send down upon us Thine abundant mercies: through the intercessions of
our immaculate Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary; through the power
of the precious and life-giving Cross; through the mediations of the
honorable, heavenly bodiless Hosts; of the honorable, glorious Prophet,
Forerunner, and Baptist John; of the Holy glorious, and all-praised apostles
[if there is a commemoration of an Apostle: of the holy Apostle (and
Evangelist) N. and all the other holy, glorious, and all-praised apostles)]; of
the holy glorious, and right-victorious martyrs; of the holy Royal Passionbearers and all the new martyrs and confessors of the Russian Church; of our
holy and God-bearing fathers; and N.(N), (whose Temple it is and whose day
it is); of the holy and Righteous Ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna; and
of all the saints; we pray Thee, O Lord plenteous in mercy, hearken unto us
sinners that pray unto Thee, and have mercy on us.
Choir: Lord, have mercy. Forty Times
Deacon: Again we pray for our Great Lord and Father, His Holiness
Patriarch N.; for our lord the Very Most Reverend Metropolitan N., First
Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad; for our lord the Most Reverend
(Archbishop or Bishop N., whose diocese it is)(if it be a monastery: and for
Archimandrite N. or our Abbot N.), and for all our brotherhood in Christ,
and for every Christian soul that is afflicted and tormented, in need of the
mercy and help of God; for the protection of this city (or town, or holy
monastery) and them that dwell therein; for the peace and welfare of the
whole world; for the good estate of the holy churches of God; for the
salvation and help of our fathers and brethren that labor with zeal and the
fear of God; for them that are absent and abroad; for the health of them who
are bedridden in infirmities; for the repose, refreshment, blessed memory,
and remission of sins of all our fathers and brethren that have departed
before us, and the Orthodox here and everywhere laid to rest; for the
deliverance of the imprisoned; and for our brethren that are serving, and for
all that serve and have served in this holy temple (or monastery), let us say:
Choir: Lord, have mercy. Thirty Times
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Deacon: Again we pray; for this land, its authorities and armed forces, for
the God-preserved Russian land and its Orthodox people both in the
homeland and in the diaspora and for their salvation, and every Christian
land, let us say:
Choir: Lord, have mercy. Fifty Times
Deacon: Again we pray that this city (or town), and this holy temple (or
monastery), and every city and country may be preserved from famine,
pestilence, earthquake, flood, fire, the sword, the invasion of aliens, and civil
war; that our good and man-loving God may be gracious and favorable, that
He may turn away all the wrath stirred up against us, and deliver us from His
righteous threatening which hangeth over us, and have mercy on us.
Choir: Lord, have mercy. Thrice
Deacon: Again we pray also that the Lord God may hearken unto the voice
of the supplication of us sinners and have mercy on us.
Choir: Lord, have mercy. Thrice
Priest: Hearken unto us, O God our Savior, Thou hope of all the ends of the
earth and of them that be far off at sea; and be merciful, be merciful, O
Master, regarding our sins, and have mercy on us; for a merciful God art
Thou, and the Lover of mankind, and unto Thee do we send up glory; to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the
ages of ages.
Choir: Amen.
Priest: Peace be unto all.
Choir: And to thy spirit.
Deacon: Let us bow our heads unto the Lord.
Choir: To Thee, O Lord.
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And as all bow their heads the priest (bishop) prayeth in a loud voice:
Priest: O Master plenteous in mercy, O Lord Jesus Christ our God: through
the intercessions of our immaculate Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary;
through the power of the precious and life-giving Cross; through the
mediations of the honorable, heavenly bodiless Hosts; of the honorable,
glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John; of the Holy glorious, and
all-praised apostles [if there is a commemoration of an Apostle: of the holy
Apostle (and Evangelist) N. and all the other holy, glorious, and all-praised
apostles)]; our fathers among the saints and great ecumenical teachers and
hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom; of
our father among the saints, Nicholas the Wonderworker, archbishop of
Myra in Lycia; of the holy Equals-of-the-Apostles Methodius and Cyril,
Teachers of the Slavs; of the holy Right-Believing and Equal-of-theApostles Grand Prince Vladimir, and the Blessed Grand Princess of Russia,
Olga; of our fathers among the saints, the Wonder-workers of all Russia:
Michael, Peter, Alexis, Jonah, Macarius, Philip, Job, and Hermogenes; of the
holy glorious, and right-victorious martyrs; of the holy Hieromartyrs and
Confessors: Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow; Vladimir of Kiev, Benjamin and
Joseph of Petrograd, Peter of Krutitsa, Cyril of Kazan; of the holy Rightbelieving Passion-bearers: Tsar-Martyr Nicholas, Tsaritsa Alexandra, the
Crowned-Prince Alexis, and the Royal Princesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and
Anastasia; and the holy nun-martyrs: Grand Duchess Elizabeth and Nun
Barbara, and all the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church; the
holy glorious Great-martyr, Trophy-bearer and Wonder-worker George; the
holy Great-martyr and Healer Panteleimon; the holy Great-martyr Barbara;
and the holy Right-believing Russian Princes and Passion-bearers Boris and
Gleb, and Igor; of our holy and God-bearing fathers: Anthony and
Theodosius of the Kiev Caves; Sergius of Radonezh, and Seraphim of
Sarov; Job of Pochaev; Herman of Alaska; of the holy righteous John of
Kronstadt, the wonderworker; of the holy Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg;
and our holy father John, archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco, the
wonderworker; and N.(N), (whose Temple it is and whose day it is); of the
holy Righteous Ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna; and of all the saints;
make our prayer acceptable; grant us the remission of our sins; shelter us
with the shelter of Thy wings; drive away from us every enemy and
adversary; make our life peaceful, O Lord; have mercy on us and on Thy
world, and save our souls, for Thou art good and the Lover of mankind.
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Choir: Amen.
Then, after the Aposticha:
Deacon (Priest): Let us pray to the Lord.
Choir: Lord, have mercy.
Priest: O Lord Jesus Christ our God, Who didst bless the five loaves and
didst satisfy the five thousand: Do Thou Thyself bless also these loaves,
wheat, wine, and oil, and multiply them in this city (or town, or holy
monastery) and in all Thy world, and sanctify the faithful that partake of
them. For it is Thou that dost bless and sanctify all things, O Christ our
God, and unto Thee do we send up glory together with Thine unoriginate
Father, and Thine All-holy and good and life creating Spirit, now and ever,
and unto the ages of ages.
Revised 1/11/2014
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